The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is soliciting proposals for its Headquarters (HQ) Plant Conservation and Restoration Management Program to address the climate crisis, restore balance on public lands and waters, advance environmental justice, and invest in a clean energy future.
Donor Name: Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/16/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
Public lands contain a diversity of native plant communities that make up over 50 ecoregions across BLM administered lands. Each ecoregion contains native plants that have adapted to those environments. The program will continue to work with partners to increase the quantity, diversity, and effectiveness of native forbs and grasses for restoration of wildlife habitats and rehabilitation after wildfires.
Program Strategic Goals:
- Implementing the National Native Seed Strategy
- Implementing the Recommendations in the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Assessment of Seed Needs and Capacities: Final Report, particularly, Recommendation 2.0: Federal land-management agencies should participate in building regional programs and partnerships to promote native plant materials development and native plant restoration, helping to establish such regional programs in areas where they do not yet exist.
- Developing genetically appropriate native plant material/seed for use in habitat restoration;
- Implementing and assessing seed-based restoration techniques/efforts;
- Collaborating with farmers and conservationists to increase BLM Stock and Foundation seed amounts to use on larger Seed Increase IDIQ contracts so that commercial availability of genetically diverse, locally sourced seed for restoration, rehabilitation and reclamation projects is increased at a landscape scale;
- Supporting Source-Identified Seed Certification programs via partnerships with state seed certifying agencies;
- Collaborating with Tribal governments to develop for strategies for native plant materials production
HQ BLM is focusing work in areas to facilitate meeting the priorities of the Administration, Secretary, Congressional appropriations, and the Bureau in implementing the National Seed Strategy. Specific BLM HQ Plant Conservation and Restoration Program areas of emphasis to implement the Department priorities include, but are not limited to those actions that: protect biodiversity; increase resilience to climate change and help leverage natural climate solutions; contribute to conserving at least 30 percent of their lands and waters by the year 2030; engage communities of color, low income families, and rural and indigenous communities to enhance economic opportunities related to native seed production and restoration; and use the best science and data available to make decisions. Native plants and native plant communities are the true green infrastructure they rely upon to sustain healthy, biodiverse ecosystems. Without native seed we do not have the ability to restore functional ecosystems after natural disasters and mitigate the effects of climate change.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $25,000,000
- Maximum Award: $10,000,000
- Minimum Award: $1,000,000
Project Period
Agreement terms for funded projects are estimated to range between one and no more than five years and are determined based on the period of performance as stated on the recipient’s project proposal.
Eligible Applicants
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Independent school districts
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility
- Individuals and For-Profit Organizations are ineligible to apply for awards under this NOFO. This program NOFO does not support entities hiring interns or crews under the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993.
- The Public Lands Corps Act of 1993, 16 USC, Chapter 37, Subchapter II Public Lands Corps, is the only legislative authority that allows BLM to “hire” interns under this authority. Therefore, eligible Youth Conservation Corps may only apply for projects developed under NOFO 15.243 – BLM Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.